"The second edition of this book provides a comprehensive overview of the knowledge, skills, values, ethics, and issues central to the practice of social work in small towns and rural communities with updated information and a new chapter on social, economic, and environmental justice. The topics covered include the importance of rural social work, defining rural, and the rewards and challenges of rural practice. It addresses rural culture, behavior, and, language, diversity, and how social policy affects rural communities. Later chapters discuss rural social services, the history of rural social work, a model for rural social work practice, and ethical practice. The final chapters focus on the practice of rural social work, social, economic, and environmental justice, and challenges for the future. Rural social work, rural, social work, ethics, history, rural culture, generalist practice, environmental justice"-- Provided by publisher

Revised edition of the author's Rural social work in the 21st century, [2015].

Rural communities and social work: an introduction --Rural culture and behavior -- Diversiy in rural communities -- Rural social welfare policy -- Social welfare services in rural communities -- History and development of rural social work -- Model for rural social work -- Ethical rural practice -- Rural social work practice -- Social, economic, and environmental justice for rural communities -- Challenges for the future.